Travel Blogs, Web Galleries Put Your Memories Online
June 7, 2007. Whether you are renting a luxury vacation rental for the summer or the week, chances are you will have some stories to tell and some photos to share. Thanks to some user-friendly Internet tools, anyone now can publish the high-tech equivalent of a photo album or scrapbook online. Friends and family all over the world can see what you're up to in the Bahamas with travel blogs and web-based photo galleries.
Vacationers can write about their adventures and post photos as often as they like with blogs, which also allow viewers back home to post comments. WordPress and Blogger are two websites that host free blogs, with standard templates and features that are easy enough for anyone to use. TravelBlog also offers a free, user-friendly service and a compilation of travel blogs being written from every corner of the Earth.
If you don't want to blog while you're on vacation, try a web-based photo gallery. These galleries simply display photos that you upload from your computer with the click of a button or two. Gallery templates, slideshows and captions add a little flair. Picasa and Ringo are two of the most popular choices. Both allow you to send email announcements after you've filled their pages.
